This scripture [Romans 13:1-6] is wrested from the scope of God's Spirit, and the nature of the place, and cannot truly be interpreted to mean that the power of the civil magistrate may be exercised in spiritual or soul matters.
Roger WilliamsWe find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but only for their unity.
Roger WilliamsKings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them.
Roger WilliamsAll who are entrusted with spiritual and temporal talents must lay them out for the Lord and Master's advantage.
Roger Williams